Duran Duran announce special guests for 'Future Past' UK tour
The tour starts in April
Last updated 14th Feb 2023
Duran Duran will be continuing their 'Future Past' tour in April, with shows across the UK and Ireland. The band played four shows in the UK last summer as well as performing at the Platinum Party at the Palace and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
On Valentine's Day 2023, the band announced they would be joined by special guests Jake Shears and Lia Lia. Taking to Instagram, the band shared their tour artwork saying: 'Just Confirmed! Duran Duran announce special guests @jakeshears & @liavslia for all shows on the 2023 FUTURE PAST UK/Ireland Arena tour... '.
For those who are unfamiliar, Jake Shears is an American singer-songwriter, who is best-known as the lead singer of the Scissor Sisters. As a solo artist, Jake released his self-titled album 'Jake Shears' in 2018 which reached Number 20 in the UK chart.
Meanwhile, Lia Lia is an eccentric new artist from Berlin, who has an EP called 'Love & Melancholy'.
Last year, the group announced a new tour date in London due to popular demand. Taking to Twitter they wrote: 'Second London Date Added!! Duran Duran at the @TheO2, May 2nd, 2023. General On-Sale from Friday, 2nd December at 10am GMT. '.
The arena tour now includes five dates with two shows in London and a homecoming show in Birmingham. Speaking about the tour, frontman Simon Le Bon said: "2022 has been an extraordinary year for Duran Duran – mainly down to the incredible fans we have around the world. In July we celebrated our years together at Hyde Park as part of the British Summer Time Festival.
"Next Spring we will be back on home soil once again to continue the party. It’s remarkable to me that as a band, we are still hitting new milestones, still able to introduce the sound of DD to new generations of music lovers. We are truly grateful that we get to do what we do on a daily basis, and that we still love our job as much as we did when we started out some four decades ago."
When are Duran Duran on tour in the UK?
Check out the full dates below.
April 2023
Manchester The AO Arena - Sat 29th
May 2023
London The O2 - Mon 1st
London The O2 - Tue 2nd (New Date)
Leeds First Direct Arena - Thur 4th
Birmingham Utilita Arena - Fri 5th
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